By Mark Hosenball and Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were looking into claims by the Islamic State that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in which two gunmen were killed, but officials said on Tuesday they doubted the militant group’s direct involvement. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State (IS) said on its official online radio station that “two
By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) – A longtime friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family on Wednesday told jurors deciding his sentence that he was a studious youth and adored his older brother, who cultivated a deep interest in Islam, politics and conspiracy theories before the 2013 attack. Attorneys for Tsarnaev are seeking to spare his life by painting him as a normal teen who went astray when he
By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) – A longtime friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family on Wednesday told jurors deciding his sentence that he was a studious youth and adored his older brother, who cultivated a deep interest in Islam, politics and conspiracy theories before the 2013 attack. Attorneys for Tsarnaev are seeking to spare his life by painting him as a normal teen who went astray when he
BALTIMORE (AP) — One of the Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray wants the police department and prosecutor to produce a knife that was the reason for the arrest, saying in court papers that it is an illegal weapon.
BALTIMORE (AP) — One of the Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray wants the police department and prosecutor to produce a knife that was the reason for the arrest, saying in court papers that it is an illegal weapon.
By Mark Hosenball and Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were looking into claims by the Islamic State that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in which two gunmen were killed, but officials said on Tuesday they doubted the militant group’s direct involvement. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State (IS) said on its official online radio station that “two
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The man accused of abducting and killing a University of Virginia student has been charged with capital murder and a prosecutor said Tuesday she will seek the death penalty if the case goes to trial.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The man accused of abducting and killing a University of Virginia student has been charged with capital murder and a prosecutor said Tuesday she will seek the death penalty if the case goes to trial.